“Anything can happen, so you have to control your attitude and stay strong.”
― Jason Day
“I’m proud to partner with organizations that place an emphasis on and share my interest in giving back to the community. RBC has a rich history of doing this through their sponsorship of golf and the extensive ambassadorial program they have in place.”
― Jason Day
“If you’re going to have a bad attitude, you may as well not even tee it up that week because you probably won’t play good anyways.”
― Jason Day
“There’s a lot of spotlight that comes along with being the best in the world.”
― Jason Day
“I’m getting better and better each year that I’m playing golf on the world stage, and finishing runner-up only teaches you how to continue being patient – something that is key to our game.”
― Jason Day
“My goal is to be the No. 1 golfer in the world, and I want to chase Tiger.”
― Jason Day
“All I can do is control my preparation process from both a physical and mental stand point.”
― Jason Day
“I want to win every single tournament that I’m playing in.”
― Jason Day
“I absolutely love my son and family – they are my life and always come first.”
― Jason Day
“I’m trying to adapt – they say you have to adapt to vertigo.”
― Jason Day
“I’ve got to come into the day enjoying myself and go from there.”
― Jason Day
“I’ve got good vibes up here in the Akron area, Cleveland area.”
― Jason Day
“I’m all about Adidas.”
― Jason Day
“I had a very boring life, which is fine. I like being boring.”
― Jason Day
“The vertigo is a difficult thing: it just comes and goes whenever it pleases. I wasn’t expecting it. I’ve had it before, and there have been years between stretches, and unfortunately it happened at the U.S. Open, and that knocked me off my feet.”
― Jason Day
“The biggest waste of time of my life was playing ‘Call of Duty.’ But I got really good at ‘Call of Duty’ – a little bit too good at that time.”
― Jason Day
“I look back on the influence my dad had on my life and career, and I just try to take the best parts of what he had.”
― Jason Day
“The only two things that I think about in life is my family and golf. That’s all I want to think about.”
― Jason Day
“From the vertigo, I found out how far I can push myself physically and also mentally.”
― Jason Day
“I use this app that keeps my handicap. As professionals, we don’t keep handicaps. But as a kid, I was so excited about seeing how low I could get my handicap. So that’s one app I really do use a lot.”
― Jason Day
“For some reason, every time I get a little bit under the weather, I’ve got zero patience.”
― Jason Day
“’Golf Digest’ had all the old school swings, and my favorite swing, ever, was Nick Faldo’s swing. And it had all the greats, Ernie Els and Nick Faldo and all that stuff, and I had the pictures of their swing sequences on my wall.”
― Jason Day
“Just to be able to say you’re No. 1, you are the best golfer on the planet, just for one day, would be the best thing ever. Knowing that you were the best in the world would be pretty neat.”
― Jason Day
“If my dad was alive, I wouldn’t have gone to boarding school, and I wouldn’t have had the success I’ve had.”
― Jason Day
“There is no real way to prepare yourself for having a child other than just getting thrown in the deep end pretty quick.”
― Jason Day
“Family comes first, and golf is second.”
― Jason Day
“I remember not having a hot water tank, so we had to use a kettle for hot showers. So, you know, we would put the kettle on and go have a shower, and then my mum would come bring three or four kettles in, just to heat them up. And it would take five, 10 minutes for every kettle to heat up.”
― Jason Day
“I don’t feel as though I am under any pressure to return to Australia, given I won the PGA Championship, and I am just hoping everyone back home will understand my situation. I just want to make sure I am there for Ellie and that she has my support when she has our second child.”
― Jason Day
“As I get older, my body isn’t bulletproof, and it’s starting to break down. And I’m still young, so it’s something that I have to maintain, something that I have to work extra, extra hard, just as hard as my golf game, I have to work on my body as well.”
― Jason Day
“Golf is so selfish – it’s so much about how do we get better and get to the next level.”
― Jason Day
“It’s quite nice to play on a golf course that, even though it is links, that there’s not much wind, which is good.”
― Jason Day
“I tend to watch the score board a lot.”
― Jason Day
“My dad was the way he was, but he also gave me a motto: never say die. Just to keep pushing and pushing, fighting until the end. He put it in my head that you’re always going to fight, and you’re always going to beat them.”
― Jason Day
“You’ve got to come out and fire on all cylinders and get yourself up the leaderboard and show people that you’re there and you’re ready to win.”
― Jason Day
“A lot of people underestimate rest, especially sleeping and recovery time.”
― Jason Day
“Rest is huge because if you’re sleep-deprived, that can definitely run into the mental side of the game and can definitely hurt your game if you’re playing tournament golf.”
― Jason Day
“It just flat-out sucks losing. It really – it doesn’t feel good.”
― Jason Day
“I’ve never been more motivated to be No. 1 in the world. I’ve never been more motivated to try to extend that lead from one to two. All the hard work that I’ve put into my game right now has paid off, but I’ve got to keep working hard to win as much as I can.”
― Jason Day
“I look at that 10 PGA Tour wins, and I say to myself, ‘That’s not enough,’ and it isn’t enough for me. It’s just 10. I want more than 10.”
― Jason Day
“It’s very stressful being the No. 1 player in the world. You’re in the limelight a lot. You’ve got more things to do when you get to tournaments, more things to do off weeks. But I wouldn’t change it in any way because this is exactly where I want to be. I want to try and stay here as long as I can while I can because nothing beats this feeling.”
― Jason Day
“I’m motivated to be No. 1.”
― Jason Day
“I think the stress of being No. 1 in the world is more of a motivating factor for me just because I don’t want to lose it.”
― Jason Day
“To be able to know that I can push myself a little further than you think you can was so important. And that it’s a mental barrier more than anything. You can break through it.”
― Jason Day
“If you don’t believe in yourself, somewhere or another, you sabotage yourself.”
― Jason Day
“It’s O.K. to fail. Just keep putting yourself there. Once I started saying that and really believing that, over time, it just gradually gave me confidence.”
― Jason Day
“Sometimes your immune system gets a little heated, and you’re more susceptible to getting some illnesses that way.”
― Jason Day
“This is a great thing, to make a living as a professional golfer, isn’t it?”
― Jason Day
“When I get to 40, I’m going to re-evaluate everything and then go from there. Because when I get to 40, I would like to see where I’m at in my career because I might want to go, ‘You know what, I’m done. I’m just happy with everything,’ and I’m going to go off my merry way, and I’ll probably never pick up a golf club ever again.”
― Jason Day
“It’s like Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy had a baby, and I was it. I’ve got Rory’s length, and I’m hoping that I’ve got Jordan’s touch.”
― Jason Day
“You could have all the tools in the world, but if you really don’t want to be there, or if there’s something that’s off course that’s playing on your mind… the game of golf is so mental, and if you don’t have everything in the right order, it’s very difficult to win golf tournaments.”
― Jason Day
“It really is amazing that some days you’ll come out and you’ll feel like you can beat anyone, and then some days you come out and you’ve got no confidence in the world, and you can’t break an egg with a hammer.”
― Jason Day
“I have to work harder than what I am now to make sure that I stay on top of this and stay on top of the world and be competitive in major championships.”
― Jason Day
“I honestly thought I was going to win a major championship quicker than what I did, but it clearly took a little bit longer than expected.”
― Jason Day
“I didn’t have a dollar to my name in 2006.”
― Jason Day
“I need to improve my shorter stuff with my irons, from 100 to 175 yards. If I can hit a few more greens with those clubs and tighten up the proximity to the hole, that would help a lot.”
― Jason Day
“I need to get better with my 3-wood and hybrid. Those are the clubs I missed the majority of my fairways with.”
― Jason Day
“I’m still trying to be No. 1 in the world, like everyone else is out there.”
― Jason Day
“I think I definitely like the solitude of golf.”
― Jason Day
“I have always practiced by myself. It’s just because that is when I can do the most work, the most efficient work, is when I am by myself, and I think I just find a little bit of peace when it comes to being able to be out here on the golf course, and you are just you and yourself and your thoughts.”
― Jason Day
“I did play other sports growing up. I played cricket and all those other things, but I was just so much more talented in golf, and that’s all I wanted to do.”
― Jason Day
“Australian golf did so much for me, and that is why I am here today.”
― Jason Day
“Sometimes I play for the media, sometimes for the fans, sometimes for my sponsors, and sometimes it’s for my family. Really, I play for everyone.”
― Jason Day
“My dad was a violent alcoholic. Really aggressive.”
― Jason Day
“All I did was go to school and play golf. I didn’t have much of a social life.”
― Jason Day
“I want to be able to be looked back on and know that he was one of the greats in the game.”
― Jason Day
“Winning is never enough, and I’ve got to try and do it as much as I can before my time is over.”
― Jason Day
“Being an Australian that’s been No. 1 in the world back home playing in Australia, that’s a pretty cool moment to have.”
― Jason Day
“I travel with Club Glove.”
― Jason Day
“I have two mini dachshunds, Lola and Charlie.”
― Jason Day
“I’m Australian, so I love the stores near Crowne Plaza Melbourne, on the banks of the Yarra River.”
― Jason Day
“I’ve always felt very confident in my ability.”
― Jason Day
“I’ve been one of those people that hold on to a little bit more stress than others. People take certain situations a little bit differently.”
― Jason Day
“If I had all the spotlight, that would be great. I’d be happy with that. If I didn’t have the spotlight, that would be great as well.”
― Jason Day
“When I’ve been playing my best golf, I feel like everything’s so slow.”
― Jason Day
“It’s about the learning, because obviously I learn more when I fail than when I win.”
― Jason Day
“When you have a lot of confidence and you feel like nobody can beat you, it’s game over for everyone else.”
― Jason Day
“Everyone has an uncomfortable club in their bag.”
― Jason Day
“Driver has always been fine, and the rest of the clubs have been fine. It’s just for some reason, the 3-wood… that’s just one of those clubs.”
― Jason Day
“My wife wants four kids, and obviously if we’re having four kids, I need to make sure that the priority is family first.”
― Jason Day
“Golf is a very, very frustrating game.”
― Jason Day
“You get nit-picked in the media. Stats are always up saying he doesn’t drive it straight enough or hit enough greens or whatever it is. Then you have to perform, because if you don’t perform, then you’re off the Tour.”
― Jason Day
“What I’m doing with my body and with my golf game, I’m trying to extend the longevity of my career.”
― Jason Day
“I think if you try a little bit too hard sometimes, you can kind of shoot yourself in the foot.”
― Jason Day
“I’ve got to really try and manage my patience out there.”
― Jason Day
“It’s okay to dream big.”
― Jason Day
“It’s okay to say what you want to do.”
― Jason Day
“I want to win as many tournaments as I can.”
― Jason Day
“I’m just here for this one purpose, and that’s to try and get better each and every day and try and win as much as I can, while I can.”
― Jason Day
“I don’t feel that old, but when I talk to these kids, I do feel old. Because I’m talking about taxes and all this other stuff that is very, very boring. And these guys are talking about music, and I’m like, ‘Oh, I remember those days.’”
― Jason Day
“You can’t pick up a golf club if your thumb hurts.”
― Jason Day
“I want to win so bad, but I think I’ve had too much of that lore for attraction that you’ll do anything possible to get it. Sometimes people are there at a good time and kind of stumble upon it. Right time, right place type thing. I just want to keep working toward it with my mind and my body.”
― Jason Day
“The want to improve myself and win tournaments and see how far I go is crucial.”
― Jason Day
“At the end of my career, am I going to say I did well, but I didn’t give it my all? I’d be very, very angry with myself if I didn’t give 100 percent. If I gave my all and I got to whatever point in the world, I could look back and at least I say I did the best I could.”
― Jason Day
“I used to game a lot, and I used to game a little too hard.”
― Jason Day
“I’d much rather have that pressure than be at the end of the field and no one expecting you to win. That’s the kind of pressure that you’ve got to enjoy and love.”
― Jason Day
“You have to come in to major championships, and your attitude has to be on point.”
― Jason Day
“It’s tough to win major championships. So many things and emotions go through your mind.”
― Jason Day
“It’s very, very difficult to win golf tournaments.”
― Jason Day
“I think everyone expects if you’re in the lead, or if you’re a favourite to win, you will win, and if you don’t, then you’re in a slump. It’s not the case.”
― Jason Day
“The biggest thing is, if you want it still, you’ll do everything you need to do to make sure you extend your career.”
― Jason Day
“Just looking when I was little at pictures of cars and houses that I wanted – it gives you a certain motivation, it gives you a goal.”
― Jason Day
“I was very poor when I was young.”
― Jason Day
“We’re not going to win every single one.”
― Jason Day
“I have the opportunity to do that right now, to try to work as hard as I can to really leave my footprint in this game that has given me so much.”
― Jason Day
“It’s emotional highs and lows in the game of golf.”
― Jason Day
“It’s very easy to make poor choices and have bad swings every now and then.”
― Jason Day
“I’m willing to put my body on the line and stuff like that, just to get a taste of that greatness.”
― Jason Day
“My sister ran away for four years; she was living on the streets. I didn’t know where she was, and then I was getting in trouble.”
― Jason Day
“My dad was very rough with us.”
― Jason Day
“When I lost my dad, there was no one there to be the disciplinarian, and we kind of ran amok.”
― Jason Day
“A lot of people are seeing me as an arrogant, confident kid. It doesn’t worry me.”
― Jason Day
“I don’t like to use the word ‘legacy’ because it sounds a bit like I’m full of myself, but I am trying to see how far I can take myself, how far I can push being the best in the world.”
― Jason Day
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